Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia: Is It Always Bad Two Cases with Different Outcome
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Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia: Is It Always Bad? Two Cases with Different Outcome
Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (PIL) or Waldmann's disease is a rare protein-losing gastroenteropathy of unknown etiology. Less than 200 cases have been reported globally. Patients may be asymptomatic or present edema, lymphedema, diarrhea, ascites and other manifestations. We report two pediatric cases with PIL with extremely different outcome in a 3-year follow-up period. The first patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastroenterology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000348763